Salt and pepper appearance

Case contributed by Subhan Iqbal
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Salt and pepper sign or pepper pot skull refers to multiple little well-defined lucencies in the calvarium induced by resorption of trabecular bone in hyperparathyroidism. There is a losing of definition between the inner and outer tables of the skull and a ground-glass appearance as well as spotty deossification.

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Author: Tbuckley89

Modification: cropping with little image enhancement

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